Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Lance's Responsible Grown-Up Scoreboard

I think I'm going to do a little miniseries of posts here on my blog.  I call it "Lance's Responsible Grown-Up Scoreboard."  I'm 23, I'm over a semester out of college, I'm in the real world.  But I live across the street from a college campus and I have a job that includes "dodgeball" in its main duties.  So it's time for the tale of the tape.  This week's score so far on the RGUSB:

Played dodgeball for several hours on Sunday night: -1

Bought a car with my money that I will actually own on the title: +1

Financed the car through my parents: -0.5

Bought the car from my aunt for really cheap: -0.5

Shopped around for car insurance policies, got a good deal with State Farm: +1

Painted my face and fought the mid-evil club with 30 guys, Braveheart style: -1

There you have it, the mid-week tally on the Responsi-meter is (-1).  That's okay, I estimate that in months past I've been hanging out near a (-3).  The general way that I feel the Responsi-meter scorecard turns out:

(-5): You need to throw away the comic books and graduate from middle school
(0): Well balanced, fun loving, hard working, vibrant life
(+5): You need to loosen your necktie and stop yelling at little kids telling them to get a job

Okay, well this new research method is untested, yet promising.  I'll keep you posted!

3 comments:

kaci jo said...

I love it!!! So what does the score have to be to pursue a girl :)

Lance said...

Hmm, the RGUSB (Responsible Grown-Up Scoreboard) isn't specifically designed to measure dateability. But here's some guidelines to help you possibly interpret the findings:

The guy can generally pursue a girl who is equal or lower on the Responsibili-meter than he is.

If both the guy and the girl are decidedly below zero on the meter, then they are going to have a fun time going to county fairs and sharing one milkshakes with two straws at THE MAX (http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PuZoLkvmBbc/SWZVCsR2eOI/AAAAAAAAB_8/uxAAzBGtm0g/s320/The+Max.JPG). However, as one or the other of them grow on the meter over time, the person who is getting more responsible will most likely dump the other person who is "holding them back."

On the other hand, if both parties are too far on the positive part of the scale, their dates will consist of going to corporate dinner parties with hors deurves and not smiling. They will probably talk business and get married so that their 401(k)'s can get more benefits. But then over time one of the two parties will slide down on the meter and feel suffocated in the relationship and want out so he/she can buy a motorcycle/read Twilight novels.

So that's the long answer to the short question. From a guy who is pretending to know something even though his high score is a (-1). Oh well.

What do you think the score has to be?

kaci jo said...

You are so great....love it! I don't think the score matters when you like a girl and she likes you :)

But maybe the most effective way to pray for you would be for your score to get higher :) I'll start doing that and we will see how things turn out.